klamen

used gateway sole 5300 laptop for a ps2 system and alot of extra's.

Cross-traded on October 24, 2003 HardFind.com

This guy is a lair and try's to bully people with his threatening attorney's tatics and is being exposed now over alot of forums. use alot of caution when dealing with him

i have emails to prove entire deal where he tried to rip and then threaten me, but i did not back down , please i just posting this so he does not do this to anyone else, nothing more or less,

Book

klamen was the Seller on November 25, 2003 AMDMB

I paid this guy for a book, and he never shipped it. He will not respond to emails. How can someone get this much good Heat and turn out to be such a P.O.S.?

Followup on Cendyne 16x DVD sold

klamen was the Buyer on December 30, 2002 Other/Unknown

Tread carefully with this guy.

I shipped first, he both payed me and left positive heatware after receiving goods, confirming they were as advertised (New, still internally sealed). And yes, I left positive heat at that point. Who wouldn't? It was great up to that point.

However, after the fact he either found a manufacturing flaw, or he broke it. Tried to get money out of me for RMA to manufacturer or pay him to ship it back to me and get a refund. (Who pays for RMA shipping? No manufacturer, vendor or anyone else that I know of.)

When I refused, he immediately claimed it was 'used' and 'opened' when he received it, and filed a complaint with Paypal (paypal denied it). Well then, why did he pay me, and indicate that it was as advertised (new, still sealed) in his heatware?

His interaction with me was extremely rude and bullying, threatening me with his 130+ heatware, etc. No discussion, no compromise, nothing.

I have a complete PM record to indicate he was either lying or very confused or forgetful. I'll be glad to email it to anyone who requests it.

Here are some select quotes from his PM's with me and his heatware eval left for me:

His heatware eval:
"item arrived fast and in great condition as advertised. Thanks "

His first notification that the drive was having problems:
"it's just very aggravating that Cendyne can't even make a drive right anymore." (Hmm... no indication at this point that it wasn't new)

The following contradict his paypal payment and his heatware:
"What I wrote was that this Cendyne drive was not cellophaned, and the seal inside was broken. This drive HAS been opened by somebody before it got to me."
"this drive is not new."

The kind of threats I was getting about heatware, etc:
"I'll be glad to make sure nobody else buys items from you"

Haven't hear from him in over a week. I've got a PM out to him, waiting for some response to me calling him on his contradictory statements. One would think maybe it was because of the holidays, but he has been posting on [H] and amdforums at least. I've decided not to wait any longer.

If the guy had actually been courteous, and not tried to lie, threaten and deceive me, I likely would have compromised on the RMA or him returning it to me. But when he immediately turned to threats and lies, that went out the window pretty quick.

I suggest when deciding whether to deal with Klamen or not, you take a look at the following:
1. He's a high volume trader who appears to be in it for the money. No forum contribution anywhere to speak of that I could see
3. closed ebay account with some complaint near the end
4. On some trading forum (you'll have to get it from his signature, I'm not noting it here) he is the one and only admin/moderator. His forum? Don't know. The domain is registered to someone else.

Do you want to trade with a fellow enthusiast, or a guy out to make a buck? I could have him pegged wrong, but that's my gut after doing more research after the fact. I suggest you look into him yourself.

Note that I'm not out any money. But he was definitely the rudest trader I've run across online. And perhaps he was 'busy' and 'confused', but the contradictory statements sure looks like lying and an attempt at bullying and deception to me.

Feel free to email me with any questions.

Sold him a partial laptop

klamen was the Buyer on September 26, 2003 Other/Unknown

He tried to use his strong arm tactics against me too. Now I just realized that I wasn't the only one. He tells me the hard drive caddy is missing even though I sent it to him. He also told me the laptop was damaged from shipping. Even though I'm a veteran packer. He tells me bunch of stories how his landlord was upset about my packaging cause his landlord received the package for him. Also tells me fedex guy will vouch for his landlord. Since I was a nice guy. I rufunded him $30 out of $140 he sent me. Guess what few days later he tries to resell the item for $500+ after getting few parts for it which didn't cost him more than $100. I told him that I would not leave an evaluation for him cause the whole deal gave me nothing but headaches and I lost money. I would of thought he would give me a positive evaluation for my effort. But he doesn't. Now I know why. He does this to everyone. Beaware.

CDRW

klamen was the Buyer on October 28, 2002 AMDMB

I give this trader the worst rating possible!

This is heat from an old trade.

I'm posting it now because the events with Xinco and recently involving Steelersfan have convinced me that my opinion of Klamen is correct.

I was intimidated by his original threats, and I did give him the benefit of the doubt.

Heck, I even donated $10 when he said that his daughter was seriously ill.

But at this point in time I think that there is ample evidence to support a personal opinion of the man:

I think that he acts like a troll!

Not the usual kind of troll, he's older and smarter. And it seems to me that he loves to trade and collect as a hobby, maybe even as a side business.

He has built up heat, but then he uses the heat to manipulate and exploit.

Sometime he even uses it to threaten.

Basically imagine someone saying if you don't do what they want, that they will ruin your reputation and then they warn that since they have so much heat who would believe the truth?

I would strongly advise against ever trading with him, you may be caught up in an ugly situation.

I'm sure that he's had lots of good trades, but he also had trades in which he threatened and bullied the other trader and negative heat wasn't posted until now.

Now, he is finally being discovered for what he is. He claimed he received an empty box filled with paper ... not a PS2. He proceeded to bully the guy, but when the other trader stood up to his threats the PS2 mysteriously showed up late at night and his 'attorney' took his call and emailed the other person at 2:00 am .

If that story is true then I'm a Chinese Jet Fighter Pilot!

Bought a Sopranos logo apron and cookbook from a FS thread he posted.

klamen was the Seller on September 25, 2003 ArsTechnica

Great transaction. Good communication, fast, and the book was well protected in bubble wrap when shipped. A-one transaction. Would recommend to anyone.

[H] I bought a Swiftech 462 and a couple of NICS from him.

klamen was the Seller on February 25, 2003 Other/Unknown

He sent the stuff immediately, packed it perfectly, and included freebies! Also, he responded to e-mails in a fast, friendly way. Overall, this trade was way better than anyone could ever expect it to be. I'm happy. Plenty happy!

purchased RF house amp.

klamen was the Seller on November 22, 2002 FatWallet

Extremely courteous, great communications. Item arrived as described. Highly recommend. AAA+++

Traded out an Nvidia GF2TI for a few PC accessories and a UPS.

Cross-traded on October 19, 2002 AMDMB

Easy to contact about information, veriable on shipping date and a heck of job packaging!!!

Sold Jeff a dlink wireless nic.

klamen was the Buyer on September 27, 2002 AnandTech

Good communication, fast payment. Excellent Trader! Thanks!!!

Sold a pair of 52x cdrom drives.

klamen was the Buyer on July 29, 2002 AnandTech

Excellent communications through PMs and quick pay through PayPal. A great first transaction! Welcome to Heatware! :)

I Sold Klamen a Circuit City Gift Card.

klamen was the Buyer on November 4, 2002 Other/Unknown

I shipped first, and he promptly paid. :) Great guy.

sent him 2 small hard drives for the price of shipping.

klamen was the Buyer on March 4, 2003 AMDMB

i sold jeff 2 small hard drives for his folding computer for the cost of shipping.

i've done business with him before and hope to again. great trader.

Bought rounded cables

klamen was the Seller on October 16, 2002 Other/Unknown

good comunication, recieved cables in a timely manner

Bought DDR ram

klamen was the Seller on March 8, 2003 Other/Unknown

I bought a stick of Crucial 256MB DDR from Jeff. I have dealt with Jeff many times and will keep doing so. This guy is great. Always great communication and great deals. Look forward to deals to come since I know we will deal again.

chieftec case, lite-on cdrw and dvd-rom

klamen was the Seller on October 9, 2002 AMDMB

Great guy to deal with. quick to communicate and ship. would definatley deal with again

Purchased Electroline EDA 2400 professional 4-port UHF-VHF-HDTV-Digital TV signal amplifiers from him.

klamen was the Seller on November 12, 2002 FatWallet

Excellent price! Excellent seller! Highly recommend. AAA+++

bought an ATI 16MB PCI card from jeff on the [H]ardforums

klamen was the Seller on January 25, 2003 Other/Unknown

smooth as can be, I payed, he shipped w/tracking, me happy :) - thx dude!

Bought some software off this guy at [H]ard FS Forum

klamen was the Seller on April 1, 2003 Other/Unknown

An open and honest person here guys. Professional all the way. Thanks!

Antec 350W PSU & Samsung 512MB PC2700 DDR Ram

klamen was the Seller on October 15, 2002 Other/Unknown

Good seller, fast shipper and all around great guy!

Sold me Mac OS X unleashed.

klamen was the Seller on June 29, 2003 ArsTechnica

Bought a computer book from him. He sent me the wrong book, but then he sent me the right one. Very good trader. Fast emails. Great seller.

Windows XP Professional Sealed

klamen was the Seller on March 20, 2003 FatWallet

Great seller. Great price.

Bought some autographs from him

klamen was the Seller on June 30, 2003 ArsTechnica

Jeff is a really great guy. He packaged well, shipped when he said he would, and even kept me updated on the email front though he's been quite busy.

I sold him and antec 350w power supply.

klamen was the Buyer on August 31, 2002 AnandTech

Great trader Payment was fast and occur as soon as he recieved the package good trader would do buisness with again!

bought PSU

klamen was the Seller on October 16, 2002 AMDMB

awesome deal!!!!!Shipping was fast, Item was in perfect condtion. A highly recommended trader here!!!!